Ghostly International and Adult Swim put together a free compilation available for download on Adult Swim called Ghostly Swim. I’m really digging the whole sound but Dabrye’s Temper is extra dope in my mind.

Ghostly Swim Website
Ghostly International Website
Adult Swim Website
Press Release

Full Review this weekend…hopefully.

Edit: Video from the performance last night

via kottke.org via Kanye West. I love the dancing, the music, and the hilarious ending.

Incredible! from kwest on Vimeo.

The new album is much like Before the Dawn Heals Us, slow electrosynth with soft spoken lyrics, the kind you chillax too. This would be a great addition to anyone’s “coming down” playlist. The new album come’s out April 15th. Here’s a video and mp3 for the single Graveyard Girl

Tour Dates
Apr 11 2008 8:00P Motel Mozaïque Rotterdam
Apr 19 2008 8:00P Camden Crawl London
Apr 25 2008 8:00P Andrews Lane Theater Dublin, Dublin
Apr 28 2008 8:00P Cargo London, London and South East
Apr 29 2008 8:00P Maroquinerie Paris, Ile-de-France
May 2 2008 8:00P L.E.V Festival Gijon
May 3 2008 8:00P Ancienne Belgique Brussels
May 20 2008 8:00P Echoplex Los Angeles, California
May 21 2008 8:00P Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
May 23 2008 8:00P Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
May 24 2008 8:00P Richards on Richards Vancouver
May 25 2008 8:00P Neumos Seattle
May 28 2008 8:00P Triple Rock Club Minneapolis
May 29 2008 8:00P Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
May 30 2008 8:00P The Mod Club Toronto
May 31 2008 8:00P Cabaret Music Hall Quebec
Jun 2 2008 8:00P Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jun 3 2008 8:00P Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Jun 4 2008 8:00P Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Jun 6 2008 8:00P First Unitarian Church Philadelphia
Jun 7 2008 8:00P Black Cat Washington

Purchase the new single on iTunes
Purchase the new single on Amazon
Official Site
MySpace
Facebook

My friends Dos & Diamante of N-Visible have a residency at Melbourne’s local hot spot Foobar. They bring the funk every time and here’s a link to their latest set on March 15th. Enjoy!

Direct Link
Official Website

Looks like my favorite Aussie electro pop band is finally releasing their sophomore album, In Ghost Colors, next week (April 8th).

If you haven’t heard Bright Like Neon Love go and get it now, you will not be disappointed. Their first single off the new album, Lights and Music, is available for listening on their MySpace.

In addition to that the Joakim remix of Night on FIre (which will be on the new album) is available for free when you sign up for the Modular Records newsletter and they have a mixed set they made called So Cosmic available on their blog.

Official Website/Blog
MySpace
Modular Records
Wikipedia

I know I just spoke about Ladytron performing at The Social but what I didn’t know was it’s to support their new album, Velocifero.

I got my newsletter and they gave me their first song, Black Cat, for free which I will now share with you all.

Direct Link

Here’s a full tour schedule. I get to see them twice (Orlando and Bonaroo).
First European live dates of 2008

30 Apr 2008 Academy 3 UK, Manchester
1 May 2008 Vooriut Belgium, Gent
2 May 2008 Paris France La Maroquinerie
3 May 2008 Paradiso Netherlands, Amsterdam
5 May 2008 Postbahnhof Germany, Berlin
6 May 2008 Backstage Germany, Munich
7 May 2008 Magazzini Generali Italy, Milano
9 May 2008 Forward Festival Spain, Madrid
3 May 2008 Paradiso Netherlands, Amsterdam
5 May 2008 Postbahnhof Germany, Berlin
6 May 2008 Backstage Germany, Munich
7 May 2008 Magazzini Generali Italy, Milano
9 May 2008 Forward Festival Spain, Madrid
10 May 2008 Forward Festival Spain, Valencia
13 May 2008 Oran Mor UK, Glasgow
14 May 2008 Digital UK, Newcastle
15 May 2008 Astoria UK, London
16 May 2008 Tripod Ireland, Dublin

North America Tour Spring/Summer 08

05/20 tue Edmonton, AB , The Starlite Room
05/21 wed Calgary, AB , The Warehouse
05/23 fri Vancouver, BC , Commodore Ballroom
05/24 sat Seattle, WA , Showbox
05/25 sun Portland, OR , Wonder Ballroom
05/27 tue San Francisco, CA , Fillmore
05/29 thu Los Angeles, CA , Henry Fonda
05/30 fri Los Angeles, CA , Henry Fonda
05/31 sat San Diego, CA , The Belly Up
06/02 mo Salt Lake City, UT , In The Venue
06/03 tue Denver, CO , The Gothic
06/05 thu Dallas, TX , Palladium Ballroom
06/06 fri Austin, TX , Stubbs
06/07 sat Houston, TX , Meridian
06/08 sun New Orleans, LA , House Of Blues
06/10 tue Orlando, FL , Club Firestone
06/11 wed Tampa, FL , Czar
06/12 thu Miami, FL , Studio A
06/13 fri Atlanta, GA , Variety Playhouse
06/15 sun Manchester, TN , Bonaroo Festival
06/16 mo St. Louis, MO , The Pageant
06/17 tue Chicago, IL , Vic Theater
06/18 wed Detroit, MI , St. Andrews Hall
06/25 wed New York, NY , Terminal 5
06/26 thu Philadelphia, PA , Theater of Living Arts
06/27 fri Baltimore, MD , Sonar
06/28 sat Washington, DC , 9:30 Club
06/30 mo Boston, MA , Paradise
07/02 wed Montreal, PQ , Metropolis
07/03 thu Quebec City, PQ , Theatre Imperial de Quebec
07/04 fri Toronto, ON , Harbourfront Centre

Ladytron Site
iTunes
MySpace
The first photo is from when I went and saw them in 2006. More in my Flickr set.

That’s right 20 years old. After looking into the incoming traffic on Concert Panther’s Band of Horses review from an MTV blog I started looking around the site and I found a Sucker Free blog post on the new Yo! website launching.

Are they bringing Yo! MTV Raps back? Well it doesn’t look that way but they are celebrating, starting next month, the 20th anniversary of Yo!. I used to watch this show religiously. The antics were great and the artists were even better. I actually sat down sometime in the past year and watched and entire special on Yo! to wax nostalgic. Here’s a snippet from the site about the celebration:

About The 20th Anniversary Of Yo! MTV Raps

Get ready to go retro because this April is ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ month. Watch as we flash back to hip-hop’s golden era to celebrate the TV show that changed the music world forever. Hip-hop junkies rejoice — we’ve got everything from rare photos of your favorite ‘Yo!’ artists to vintage video playlists to exclusive interviews with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dre, plus classic video clips from the show…

Here’s a first episode flashback video for you all to enjoy. Reminds me of when I really loved Hip Hop.

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

More videos and information available on the new Yo! site.

Concert Panther reminded me with his post that there are some great shows coming up at one of my favorite venues in Orlando, The Social.

• Iron and Wine @ The Plaza Theatre
• *VHS or Beta @ The Social
• **Ladytron with guest Datarock @ Club Firestone

* Attending personally
** Planning on attending

It sounds like the name of a government agency or some type of new technology buzzword. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is the name of the solo music project of Owen Ashworth. Here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth (born 1977) of Redwood City, California. He started CFTPA after he dropped out of film-school in 1997. He has toured with other similar acclaimed indie artists like The Donkeys, The Papercuts, Cass McCombs, Kill Me Tomorrow, P:ano, The Dead Science, David Bazan, The Rapture, and Xiu Xiu.

The musical style is characterized by the use of electronically produced beats, cheap keyboards, and slow, frank lyrics. On Etiquette, Ashworth widened his musical horizon and added more analog instruments and an overall more organic sound.

The way I describe it is if Postal Service had one guy with a Casio keyboard (CFTPA came first though). Well 1 month and 3 separate looks at this post and I think it’s ready to go. MadRock Recidvist’s heart may explode now that I’ve posted. Hopefully not though. Unlike Concert Panther, I’ll post links to available iTunage along with Amazon. He admitted to me the other day he couldn’t tell the difference between a 128K mp3 and one of a higher bitrate.

Here are some interesting videos I found on YouTube recorded on the streets. The phone booth recording was pretty impressive. Some of the tracks on his first album (Answering Machine Music: A Brief Album in Twelve Parts) was actually recorded by calling an answering machine.